What’s Going On With Airbus?! (Audio-Only Version)

About this episode

The episode discusses the emergency grounding of Airbus A320s following a flight incident and how pilots manage such situations.

Thousands of Airbus A320s were grounded after a flight experienced an unexpected pitch down. In today’s episode of Captains Speaking, Petter and Ben will take a look at this emergency grounding and how pilots handle a situation like this. ----------------------------------------------------- Head over to Ekster’s Cyber Week Sale to get up to 54% off sitewide, and an additional 10% with the code CAPTAIN at checkout: https://partner.ekster.com/mentourpodcast   ----------------------------------------------------- If you want to support the work I do on the channel, join my Patreon crew and get awesome perks and help me move the channel forward! 👉🏻   ⁠⁠/ mentourpilot  ⁠⁠ For more content about aviation incidents, find Mentour Pilot on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MentourNow For more analysis of the aviation industry, find Mentour Now! on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MentourNow And consider supporting the channel on Patreon, where you'll find bonus content, exclusive live hangouts with Petter, and early access videos: https://www.patreon.com/c/mentourpilot/home Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Petter

Guest: Ben

Topics covered

• Airbus A320 grounding
• pilot emergency procedures
• aviation incidents
• aircraft safety
• aviation industry analysis

Keywords

• Airbus
• A320
• grounding
• emergency
• aviation
• pilot
• safety
• incident

Sponsors

Ekster

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Airbus, Mentour Pilot, Mentour Now!, YouTube, Acast

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